"Don't look at me like that." Chu Mu smiled. The four of them looked as if they wanted to eat him alive. This made him even more aware of the value of the spirit herb in his hand. It was extraordinary, and most likely not a Bronze-rank spirit herb.
Chu Mu knew very little about the spirit herbs in the Land of Exile. After all, he hadn't been here for long. He didn't have the time to properly understand them. Long Yunkong and the other three were different. They were natives of the Land of Exile, and each of them came from a large force. They had a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Of course, if the four of them were in the Deep Blue World, they would be blind. They wouldn't be able to recognize most of the things here. After all, the Deep Blue World was very different from the Land of Exile.
Although he didn't recognize it, Chu Mu's eyesight was very good. Thus, he judged that the spirit herb in his hand was most likely a Silver-rank spirit herb. However, he didn't know what grade it was.
"Brother Chu, do you know what this is?" Yue Zhen asked.
"A Bronze-Blood Dragon Root," Chu Mu said. He had heard their conversation just now.
"Do you know the effects of the Bronze-Blood Dragon Root?" Mu Gaoli hurriedly asked. "Don't you think it's a pity to use it up?"
"It's not a pity," Chu Mu said, unmoved.
"Alright, since Brother Chu has already made his decision, then let's do it this way," Long Yunkong said. "Moreover, this thing will be more useful to Brother Chu than to us."
According to their previous agreement, Chu Mu could use up one contribution. Since Chu Mu had already decided to use it on the Bronze-Blood Dragon Root, although they felt it was a pity, they couldn't refute it. Unless they shed all pretense of cordiality.
Long Yunkong was obviously on Chu Mu's side. Even if they shed all pretense of cordiality, they might not be able to obtain the Bronze-Blood Dragon Root. They might even awaken the Bronze-rank sinners. At that time, everyone would be in danger.
"Congratulations, Brother Chu. This time around, your harvest is truly incomparably great." Long Yunkong transmitted his voice to Chu Mu, "The Bronze Blood Dragon Root is a silver high rank. It is worth 1000 Silver Hearts. Under certain circumstances, it can be even higher. Its effect is also very shocking. After refining it, it can raise a low stage Saint rank's cultivation by two layers without any side effects, raise a middle stage Saint rank's cultivation by one layer, and raise a seven star or eight star Saint rank's cultivation by one layer."
Hearing Long Yunkong's words, Chu Mu's left hand trembled. His heart was in turmoil.
This item could be refined directly without any side effects. A mid-level Saint could directly raise his cultivation by one Celestial Layer. In other words, if he refined it, he would be able to raise his cultivation from the early fourth Celestial Layer to the early fifth Celestial Layer.
With Chu Mu's strength, an increase of one Celestial Layer would cause an obvious change in his strength. At that time, even if he couldn't defeat a Nine Star Saint, he wouldn't be killed so easily.
"How long will it take to refine it?" Chu Mu asked.
"It will take at least ten days, and the longest will take a month. Moreover, because the power contained in the Bronze Blood Dragon Root is very vast, during the refining process, the body will be constantly impacted by the power. If the Saint Body is not strong enough, it may cause injuries to oneself, which will affect the refining process." Long Yunkong said, "Brother Chu, if you want to refine it, you have to make sufficient preparations after leaving here. As for what you need to prepare, I'll tell Brother Chu after we leave here."
It wasn't that Long Yunkong didn't want to tell him, but there were a lot of things to prepare. Long Yunkong himself didn't know the details. He had to go back to the sect and read the relevant books to know.
Although it was a pity, Chu Mu understood that it wasn't a good time to refine the Bronze Blood Dragon Root, so he put it away.
Such a precious thing should be kept in a portable pocket space. However, with Chu Mu's current attainments in the Dao of Space, once he opened the portable pocket space, there would be subtle spatial fluctuations. It wasn't safe.
The Bronze Blood Dragon Root belonged to Chu Mu. After using up the credit, Chu Mu would get 80% of it, which was equivalent to 800 Silver Hearts. So, he had to give 200 Silver Hearts to the four of them.
"I don't have 200 Silver Hearts now, so I'll give them to you later," Chu Mu said.
"Okay." Everyone agreed. This was also one of the contents of the previous agreement.
They couldn't force the other party to give them if they didn't have them. If this situation happened to them, it would be depressing.
But then again, the second layer of the cave was mostly bronze level, and very few silver level. Therefore, Chu Mu didn't know if he could pay the two hundred Silver Hearts to the four of them after the exploration of the second layer was over.
At present, they could only take one step at a time.
After finding the Bronze Blood Dragon Root, they didn't find anything else other than the Bronze Blood Dragon Root. This lasted for a full two hours, which made them very depressed.
"This is … Black Copper Ore." Yue Zhen walked past a rock that was as tall as a person and discovered something.
Chu Mu saw this rock earlier than them. However, his understanding of the spiritual herbs and ores in the Land of Exile was far inferior to the four of them. It was easy to distinguish spiritual herbs and ores. However, when some metal ores were wrapped in a layer of outer shell, one needed to know enough to distinguish them. This was Chu Mu's disadvantage.
Black Copper Ore was a mutation of the Bronze Stone Ore Vein. It was harder than Bronze Stone and had a weight that Bronze Stone didn't have. It was one of the best materials for forging heavy swords.
"Congratulations, Brother Yue. Such a large piece of Black Copper Ore is not cheap. It's worth at least one Silver Heart."
Of course, compared to the Bronze Blood Dragon Root, it was much inferior. It was a thousand times more valuable.
Once again, they avoided the patrol team led by the Silver Sinners. They fought steadily and surely.
If they all had the strength of a nine star saint rank, they wouldn't need to be so careful. Unfortunately, they didn't. Any silver rank sinner could crush the five of them. Therefore, being extra careful was a prerequisite. They couldn't lose the big picture for the small. In this period of time, Chu Mu's hearing was extremely useful.
In such an environment, the power of the Divine Soul was seriously interfered with, which was equivalent to being half-crippled. It was not as good as the eyes, but the range of vision was very limited. Chu Mu deliberately practiced the Listening Sword skill, which came in handy. He could hear the Sinners almost thousands of meters away and react quickly.
The high-intensity concentration of the mind consumed a lot of energy. After moving forward for a while, they had to stop and rest. While resting, they also had to pay attention to hiding.
When the power of the mind recovered, the five of them moved again.
Some of the ores were found by Long Yunkong and the other three in turn. Chu Mu only found some eye-catching ones occasionally. As for the spiritual herbs, Chu Mu found almost all of them first.
When they realized that they couldn't find as many spiritual herbs as Chu Mu, they simply gave up on the spiritual herbs. Instead, they turned their attention to the metal ores. Some of the metal ores were quite valuable.
For example, Long Yunkong found a metal ore the size of a human head. It was called Gilt Dark Copper. It was a mid-grade Silver-level ore and was worth 200 Silver Hearts.
Of course, there were some differences among the same level. For example, the low-grade Silver-level ores might be worth 70 or 80 Silver Hearts. The normal ones were worth 100 Silver Hearts. The high-grade ones could be worth 200 Silver Hearts.
Long Yunkong shared 60% of the ores, while Chu Mu and the other three got 10% each. They could all get 20 Silver Hearts. Gradually, Chu Mu's debt was reduced a little.
While the five of them had gained something, Luo Zhongxu and the other four had also gained a lot.
After all, the second layer of the cave was more complicated than the first layer. There were many forks in the path. Even if it was a dead end, they could still find a lot of spiritual herbs and ores.
This was the benefit of exploring a new place. It was very difficult for those who entered it for the second time to find such a harvest.
The deeper they went into the cave, the more valuable the spiritual herbs and ores they found. But as they went down, the strange thing was that Long Yunkong and the other three's expressions became more and more serious. Chu Mu was puzzled.
"Everyone, you've been to the second layer of the sinner's cave several times, right?" Long Yunkong transmitted his voice. "Don't you feel that the cave we're in now is bigger than the other caves?"
"I have the same feeling," Yue Zhen said.
"Same," Xu Qingya said.
"It seems that I'm not mistaken," Mu Gaoli said. Chu Mu didn't say anything. He didn't know what this meant.
"Brother Chu, this is the first time you've entered the sinner's cave. It's normal that you don't know," Long Yunkong said. "Now, there's something I want to say. This cave might be bigger than the second layer. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so big."
Their walking speed wasn't as fast as usual. In order to be more secretive, they walked at the same speed as ordinary people. In addition to finding spiritual herbs and other hidden treasures, they had to walk at least ten miles for two hours. If they walked for several hours without stopping, they would have to walk at least thirty to forty miles.
It had been at least twenty hours since they entered the second layer of the cave, and they had walked more than a hundred miles. Including the twists and turns, the size of the cave wasn't small. It was much bigger than the second layer of the caves Long Yunkong and the other three had been to before.
In this situation, there were two possibilities. The first was that this was a super-large second layer cave. The second was that there were more than two layers.
"Three layers." Everyone couldn't help but tremble. They all knew what three layers meant.
"Forget it. Even if it's three layers, we can't enter."
"Let's collect all the spiritual herbs and ores on the second layer first."
After a while, they turned a corner and came to a spacious area. There was a large expanse of bronze roots. At a glance, as far as the eye could see, there were at least a thousand of them.
Everyone's eyes lit up. The other four except Chu Mu were even happier. This was because they had found it together.
Immediately after, their expressions changed. At another fork in the road, eight figures actually appeared ….
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